More news from further down south, courtesy of Gill Staden
Thanks to Gill’s tireless efforts here comes another edition of her ‘The Livingstone bi-Weekly‘ https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/tlbw28sep16-compressed.pdf Inside: Livingstone City Council reduces Casuals Bridge covered in rubbish Immigration rule Chipembele and pygmy hedgehogs Planting trees at Chisyabulungu Nanzhila cheetahs CoP17- some reports New development in Vic Falls Town Sex change for lions Botswana National Parks camping Mazambala […]
Horseriding in Swaziland waiting to be discovered
Swaziland Tourism Authority Promotes Niche Tourism – Horseriding Small bites of Swaziland – Horseriding Swaziland, the tiny landlocked country within the borders of South Africa is the perfect destination for exploring the country side on horseback. Exploring on horseback offers perhaps even greater freedom than on foot or on a bike and views always seem […]
A milestone in Rwanda’s aviation industry is only just a stepping stone for greater things to come
RWANDAIR’S AIRBUS A330-200 STOPS IN ENTEBBE ON THE WAY HOME TO KIGALI (Posted 28th September 2016) In what appears to be a highly significant gesture by RwandAir was the homecoming of the airline’s first Airbus A330-200 halted enroute for a stop in Entebbe, to showcase the aircraft to travel agents, corporate clients and the media. […]
President Magufuli officially welcomes two Bombardier Q400NG aircraft
COMPETITION SET TO INCREASE IN THE TANZANIAN SKIES (Posted 28th September 2016) The arrival yesterday of the second Bombardier Q400NG in Dar es Salaam went almost unnoticed, completing the first order for new aircraft Tanzania has placed in decades. A few months ago, after an expeditious review of the national airline’s operations and needs to […]
Shock for Seychellois as President Michel announces his retirement from office
PRESIDENT JAMES ALIX MICHEL SET TO LEAVE OFFICE ON 16TH OF OCTOBER (Posted 27th September 2016) The announcement this afternoon by Seychelles President Michel that he was stepping down from office has sent shockwaves through society and in particular rattled the membership of Parti Lepep, which only recently lost the majority in parliament for the […]
Happy World Tourism Day
WorldTourismWire Wishes you all a Happy World Tourism Day UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, ETOA, ICTP WORLDTOURISMWIREindependent- outspoken 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 home about child protection people opinion news events contact UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, ETOA, ICTP WORLDTOURISMWIRE independent- outspoken 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 home about child protection people opinion news events contact UNWTO candidate Dr. Mzembi issues statement for World […]
Reunion Island – So much more beauty
Reunion Island Tourism – For beautiful adventures Reunion Island – Much more Natural Beauty Reunion Island is a tiny drop in the Indian Ocean yet this island is booming with natural beauty. And not forgetting the volcano that is still active, Reunion simply overwhelms with its sensational rugged topography. This island is an adventurer’s paradise […]
Precision Air returns to Hahaya / Comoros
COMOROS ISLANDS BACK ON PRECISION AIR MAP (Posted 27th September 2016) Tanzania’s leading Domestic Airline Precision Air has resumed its operations to HAHAYA Comoros today 27th of September 2016. The flight departed from Dar Es Salaam at 10:00am and arrived in the Comoros at 11:50am. Precision Air suspended its flights to HAHAYA earlier in 2014 […]
World Tourism Day message from Seychelles’ Minister St. Ange
World Tourism Day message from Minister Alain St.Ange of the Seychelles – islands dependent on their tourism industry As the world marks Tourism Day it is important for us in Seychelles to say "Happy Tourism Day" to each and every one, but to also say let us all rally to defend, protect and help consolidate […]
CITES COP 17 – where African elephants fight for their very survival
New Survey of Africa’s Elephants Reveals Catastrophic Declines By Adam Cruise (Is this what Southern African countries want, is this what they want to be responsible for by opposing a total ban on ivory trade and the elevation of elephants to the highest protection category?) Africa’s elephant population has declined by 110 000 in […]
?Brussels Airlines brings startups together! ?
Brussels Airlines – bringing startups together! ? BRUSSELS AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH SEEDSTARS WORLD TO FIND THE BEST START-UPS IN UGANDA Brussels Airlines has launched TAKEOFF, a new entrepreneurship platform that supports the most promising tech start-ups in Africa and contributes to the development of African technology entrepreneurship in a meaningful and significant way. Working with […]
Akagera News from July – September 2016
Akagera National Park News Update Akagera News: July – September 2016 © VYSAKH R NAMBIAR Welcome to the third quarterly Newsletter for 2016. The park is at the peak of dry and dusty right now, we are all anxiously awaiting the rains which will bring a flush of new grass and transform the park from […]
The Africa Travel Awards will celebrate the best of the industry in Africa
ATQ News: Africa Travel Awards to celebrate the best of Travels in Africa ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features […]
More changes at KAA while new CEO is yet to report for duty
MORE BITE THE DUST AT KAA AS KANGUGO EXITS UNCEREMONIOUSLY ALONGSIDE SENIOR COLLEAGUES (Posted 27th September 2016) News emerging from Nairobi suggest that current Acting CEO Yatich Kangugo was relieved of his duties alongside Acting General Manager Marketing William Simba and one of the organization’s legal counsels for reasons not disclosed. Kangugo was reportedly served […]
RwandAir today takes delivery of East Africa’s first Airbus A330
RWANDAIR CLAIMS FIRST FOR EASTERN AFRICA’S AVIATION INDUSTRY (Posted 27th September 2016) In twenty four hours will the latest Airbus A330-200 have taken to the skies over Toulouse, enroute home to the Land of a Thousand Hills, as Rwanda is affectionately known among her friends around the world. Registered as 9XR-WN will this first of […]
Qatar Airways becomes world leader in meeting ICAO 2021 Flight Tracking Rules
GLOBAL LAUNCH OF FLIGHT TRACKING PUTS QATAR AIRWAYS THREE YEARS AHEAD OF DEADLINE (Posted 27th September 2016) Qatar Airways announced yesterday it will be the global launch customer of GlobalBeacon(sm), a technology solution by Aireon LLC and FlightAware, designed to provide up-to-the minute global tracking of all aircraft equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in […]
Opposition grows against new railway crossing the Nairobi National Park
KENYANS ARE NOW INCREASINGLY OPPOSING A RAIL LINE THROUGH THEIR NATIONAL PARK (Posted 27th September 2016) Kenyans were alerted last week about public consultations, hastily called for by Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) in connection with the environmental and social impact assessment (EIA) for phase two of the ill-conceived Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Within just one […]
Fastjet’s initial Embraers to be wetleased from ???
BULGARIA AIR TIPPED TO BE FASTJET’S LESSOR FOR THREE E190’S (Posted 26th September 2016) Speculation is now rife over the source of Fastjet’s upcoming fleet change after new CEO Nico Bezuidenhout had recently indicated that at least three Airbus A319 will be leaving their fleet on expiration of the lease and will be replaced by […]
Tanzanian government demands management changes at Air Tanzania
AIRLINE BOARD GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO MAKE SWEEPING CHANGES (Posted 25th September 2016) Overshadowed by the high profile arrival of the first of two Bombardier Q400NG turboprop aircraft – the second one is expected within days now – has President John Magufuli appointed a new Chairman of the Board of Directors for the national airline […]
Kenya’s beach clean up clears 14 tons of plastics and other debris
KENYA’S BEACH CLEAN UP JUDGED A TOTAL SUCCESS (Posted 25th September 2016) An estimated 14,000 kilograms of plastic and other non-biodegradable waste was collected last Saturday along the Kenyan coastal strip in an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste dumped into the ocean and to highlight the impact plastic is having locally and […]
The Safari Awards 2017 – Vote for your chance to win a safari for two
The Safari Awards 2017 – Vote for your chance to win a safari for two The 10th Safari Awards Prize Draw – Vote for your chance to win a safari! The 10th Safari Awards It’s that time of year again – voting for your favourite safari camp, lodge or safari operator in The Safari Awards, […]
Fandango Farewell party – Sunday 25 Sep – 2PM
FORTY THIEVES BEACH BAR announces: Fandango Farewell party – Sunday 25 Sep – 2PM I am sure many regulars, and irregulars like myself, will miss Fandango and their tunes when next heading to Diani again … Farewell and Gods Speed from me too to the both of them. Fandango Duo Farewell Party Sunday 25/9 Thank […]
3G Direct Pay rebrands as Direct Pay Online
NEW NAME BUT SAME FACES AND SAME SERVICE (Posted 24th September 2016) The DPO Group (www.directpay.online?), previously known as 3G Direct Pay, is the leading online payments processing solution in East Africa. It serves thousands of online merchants in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania including Zanzibar and Zambia, including leading travel and tourism-related businesses in the […]
COP17 – Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Kenya’s elephant defender, speaks out on the eve of CITES 2016
THE TIME TO PROTECT AFRICA’S ELEPHANTS IS NOW, NOT TOMORROW, NOT NEXT MONTH, NOT NEXT YEAR (Posted 24th September 2016) (Dr. Paula Kahumbu on the left seen here last year with President Barack Obama during his visit to Kenya, when conservation and the ban on ivory trade was high on the agenda) Two groups of […]
World Tourism Day – Seychelles style …
SPECIAL TOURISM FORUM BRINGS LEADING EXPERTS TO THE SEYCHELLES (Posted 24th September 2016) The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) has invited eight prominent tourism personalities as panelists on a forum to be held next week as part of activities to mark this year’s Tourism Week. The forum will be held under the theme ‘Seychelles: The Bridge […]
Boats, trains and automobiles …
The Travel Africa Magazine this month talks about: Boats, trains and automobiles… Jambo! "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." African proverb Boats, trains and automobiles It’s 1993 and Mozambique has just been through a horrendous civil war. Travel Africa’s Phil Clisby, who is among the […]
Chimp News from Uganda
Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s News Bulletin Chimp Updates "Survivor" Afrika’s son. After the successful completion of the Chimpanzee Health Checks, almost all of the chimpanzees have been issued a clean bill of health. However a few laboratory results for some of the chimpanzees have the Vets a little concerned about health and as […]
Lillian Gaitho’s weekend thoughts focus on Voluntourism
Voluntourism: Seven Guides to Ensuring It’s Worth the Sacrifice Day in day out, the travel industry continues to evolve; birthing and nurturing good and evil, beautiful and ugly in equal measures. Among the growing trends was Lillian observing the increasing number of travelers who want to do some good, and leave a destination better than […]
And the Africa Travel Awards 2016 Nominees are …
ATQ News asks you to vote for its Africa Travel Awards 2016 Nominees Copyright © 2016 ATQ News.
WYSE global meeting ends on a high in Belgrade
WYSE Travel Confederation announces the Global Youth Travel Awards 2016 WYSE Travel Confederation. Global Youth Travel Awards 2016 Leaders of the the youth, student and educational travel industry celebrated at the Global Youth Travel Awards 2016. The winners of the Global Youth Travel Awards 2016 in partnership with Destination Canada and International Experience Canada, were […]
